The 14th International Open Sant Martí took place from 13th to 21st July at the Centre Cívic Sant Martí in Barcelona. The tournament is part of the 9th Catalan Chess Circuit.

There were two groups – Open A, for players with FCE, FEDA, FIDE elo higher than 2000, and Open B for players with FCE, FEDA and FIDE elo under 1999. Both events were played over 9 rounds of Swiss system.

Many players continued touring Catalonia by entering Open Sant Martí after the finish of Barbera Open.

The Open A had 106 participants. Cuban GM Isan Reynaldo Ortiz Suarez and Indian GM Deepan Chakkravarthy and IM Saptarshi Roy shared the first place with 7/9 poinst each. Ortiz Suarez took the winner’s trophy only after summing the 2nd tie-break criteria.

Another great result for the Cuban Grandmaster who only a week ago won the strong Barbera Open.

Saptarshi Roy, holder of 3 Grandmaster norms (Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury, a different person, has 3 GM norms, thanks to Jagadish Dube for correction), made a good step towards fulfilling the 2500-elo requirement by earning 30 points in Barcelona. Saptarshi Roy made a GM norm with elo performance of 2627.